Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Joseph Achuzie

General in the Biafran Army, 1929 to 2018

Joseph Achuzie is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1967 and 1970: 3 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns, all in present-day Nigeria. Taken in date order, the sites lie 264 km apart end to end, 53 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Nigerian Civil War (6).

Siege of OwerriFirst Invasion of OnitshaSecond Invasion of OnitshaInvasion of Port HarcourtOperation OAUOperation Tail-WindFirst Invasion of OnitshaSecond Invasion of OnitshaInvasion of Port HarcourtOperation OAUOperation Tail-WindEnuguDoualaBenin CityWarriBamendaCalabarSapeleLimbeIjebu OdeKumba200 km5.449N, 7.080E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1967: 1 engagements1968: 4 engagements4 in 19681970: 1 engagements19671970
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Invasion of Onitsha, 1967Second Invasion of Onitsha, 1968Invasion of Port Harcourt, 1968Operation OAU, 1968Siege of Owerri, 1968Operation Tail-Wind, 197019671970
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1967First Invasion of OnitshaOnitsha, NigeriaBiafran victory
1968Second Invasion of OnitshaOnitsha, Nigeria0 km NNigerian victory
1968Invasion of Port HarcourtPort Harcourt, Nigeria154 km SNigerian victory
1968Operation OAUAba, Nigeria55 km NEBiafran victory
1968Siege of OwerriOwerri, Nigeria55 km NWBiafran victory
1970Operation Tail-WindOwerri, Nigeria0 km NDecisive Nigerian victory; Capitulation of Biafra

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.